France, southern; modern department of Ariège; bounded to the south by the Pyrenees, the west by Comminges, the north by the county of Toulouse and the east by Languedoc (France). Historic county established in 1050; in 1290 count Roger-Bernard III acquired Béarn by marriage, linking the two territories.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
France, southern; modern department of Ariège; bounded to the south by the Pyrenees, the west by Comminges, the north by the county of Toulouse and the east by Languedoc (France). Historic county established in 1050; in 1290 count Roger-Bernard III acquired Béarn by marriage, linking the two territories.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Yvain de Leschielle, natural son of Gaston Fébus, played an important role in Béarn after the death of his father. He died during the famous Bal des Ardents episode in January 1393.
Yvain de Leschielle, natural son of Gaston Fébus, played an important role in Béarn after the death of his father. He died during the famous Bal des Ardents episode in January 1393.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Yvain de Leschielle, natural son of Gaston Fébus, played an important role in Béarn after the death of his father. He died during the famous Bal des Ardents episode in January 1393.
Yvain de Leschielle, natural son of Gaston Fébus, played an important role in Béarn after the death of his father. He died during the famous Bal des Ardents episode in January 1393.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Yvain de Leschielle, natural son of Gaston Fébus, played an important role in Béarn after the death of his father. He died during the famous Bal des Ardents episode in January 1393.
Gaston, the eighteen-year-old son and legitimate heir of Fébus and Agnès de Navarre, died tragically in the first fortnight of August 1380, according to Tucoo-Chala, Catalogue..., p. 14: 'It appears to have been part of a wide-ranging political conspiracy against Fébus, in which certain discontented Béarnais nobles may have been implicated' (tr. PFA). The chronicler here takes charge of the narrative once again, the better to have the last word about what may have transpired.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Yvain de Leschielle, natural son of Gaston Fébus, played an important role in Béarn after the death of his father. He died during the famous Bal des Ardents episode in January 1393.
‘[Gaston] is no longer a “child”, but an eighteen-year-old, married lord capable of carrying out his responsibilities. It is consequently difficult to believe that he is still sharing a bedroom with Yvain and amusing himself by swapping clothes with his brother; similarly that he should have been taken in by his uncle’s story about a love potion! Yvain, who was slightly older, is not responding childishly, either: though his father’s favourite, and totally devoted to his cause, it is his duty to be on the lookout for anything that might harm the legitimate heir’, (P. Tucoo-Chala, Gaston Fébus: prince des Pyrénées, 1331-1391, 2e édition. Pau, Éd. Deucalion, 1994; hereinafter: Prince des Pyrénées, chap. X: Complot et drame à la cour d’Orthez, pp. 205-214. P. 212, tr. PFA).
P. Tucoo-Chala, Gaston Fébus: prince des Pyrénées, 1331-1391, 2e édition. Pau, Éd. Deucalion, 1994; hereinafter: Prince des Pyrénées, chap. X: Complot et drame à la cour d'Orthez, pp. 205-214. P. 212, tr. PFA
fesist ne deisist, faire retourner en Fois a vecques lui, car la
dame li avoit demandé se le conte de Fois son pere l’en avoit enchar gé de la ramener. Il disoit bien que au partir il n’en avoit esté nulle nouvelle, et pour ce
la dame ne s’y osoit asseurer, mais demoura. Li enfes de Fois s’en vint
a Pampelune pour prendre congié au roy de Navarre son oncle. Le roy li fist tres bonne chiere et le tint avec lui plus de dix jours, et lui donna de beaux dons, et a ses gens aussi. SHF 3-21sync¶ Le derrain don que le roy de Navarre lui donna, ce fu la
mort de l’enfant, je vous diray com ment et pourquoy. Quant ce vint sur le
point que li enfes deust
partir, le roy le traist a part en
sa chambre secre tement, et lui donna une moult belle boursette plaine de pouldre, tele
que il ne seroit creature vivant que, se de la pouldre atouchoit ou mengoit, que tan tost ne le couvenist mourir sans nul remede. "Gaston," dist li roys, "beau nep veu, vous feréz ce que je vous diray: vous veéz
comment le conte de Fois a — a son tort — en grant haine vostre mere ma
suer, et ce me desplaist grandement, et aussi doit il faire a vous. Toutefois, pour
les choses reformer en bon point, et que vostre mere feust bien de vostre
pere, quant il vendra a point vous prendrés un petit de ceste pouldre, et en mettréz
sur la vian de de vostre pere, et gardéz bien que nul ne vous voie, et sitost
comme il en ara mengié, il ne finera jamais ne n’enten dra a autre chose, fors que il puisse
ra voir sa femme
vostre mere avecques lui. Et s’entrameront
a tousjours maiz si entie rement que jamais ne se vouldront de partir l’un de l’autre. Et
tout ce devéz vous grandement desirier qu’il advien gne. Et gardéz bien que de ce que
je
vous di vous ne vous descouvréz a homme qui soit qui le die a vostre pere, car vous perdriéz vostre fait." ¶ Li enfes, qui tour noit en voir tout ce que le roy de Navarre
son oncle li disoit, respondi et dist: "Volentiers". Sur ce point, il se parti
de Pampelune de son oncle
et s’en retourna a Ortais. Le conte de Fois son pere lui fist bonne chiere, ce fu
raison, et lui demanda des nouvelles de Navarre, et quelz dons ne jouyaulx
on lui avoit donnéz pardela. Et tout les monstra excepté la boursette ou estoit la pouldre,
mais de ce se sot il bien couvrir. Or estoit il d’ordenance en l’ostel de Fois que moult souvent Gaston et Yewain son frere bas tart gisoient ensemble en une chambre, et s’entramoient ainsi que enfans freres font, et
se vestoient de cottes et d’abbis ensemble, car ilz estoient aucques d’un grant et d’un aage. Advint que une fois, ainsi que enfans jeuent et s’esbatent en leurs lis, ilz s’entre changierent leurs cottes, et tant que la cotte de Gaston ou
la pouldre et la bourse estoit ala sur le lit Ieuwain, frere de Gaston123. Ieuwain, qui estoit asséz malicieux,
senti la pouldre en la bourse, et demanda a Gas ton son frere: "Quel chose
est ce cy que vous portéz tous les jours a vostre poitrine?" De ceste parole n’ot Gaston point de joie, et dist: "Rendéz moy ma cotte, Ieuwain, vous n’en avéz que faire."
Ieuwain li
regetta sa cotte, Gaston la vesti. Si fu ce jour trop plus pen sif que il
n’avoit esté audevant. Si ad vint dedens trois jours aprés, si comme Dieux
voult sauver et garder le conte de Fois, que Gaston se courrouça
a son frere Ieuwain pour le jeu de paume, et lui donna une jouee. Li enfes s’en courrouça et enfe lonna, et entra tout pleurant en la cham bre son pere, et le trouva a tele qu’il avoit oye sa messe124. Quant le
conte le vit plorer, si lui demanda: "Ieuwain, que vous fault?" pb 221 v
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